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Analysis

max time kernel
148s
max time network
150s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
09-01-2025 18:13

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_cecdcd91d05b749a282783624a928846.exe
Size

14.9MB
MD5

cecdcd91d05b749a282783624a928846
SHA1

a29aa38c67d167ddda8565b00832d3a5154bebad
SHA256

ab36fce7f0edb63b7d13f0521da1ef199e5279653c402ccbcaea5c91145e7db8
SHA512

3156ab813d4e406b47d7fa91357ed1920f9ce0b7126505bcb4532817e56fcece8110d45079fc9f067621e472d3774c220a1e1cb9b91fc9b004cf2ef467ee02af
SSDEEP

49152:5kHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHn:

Score

10^/10

tofsee discovery evasion execution persistence privilege_escalation trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

tofsee

quadoil.ru

lakeflex.ru

Signatures

Tofsee
Backdoor/botnet which carries out malicious activities based on commands from a C2 server.
trojan tofsee
Tofsee family
tofsee

Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion trojan

Disable or Modify Tools

T1562.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ndpugjqd = "0"	svchost.exe

Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
persistence execution

Windows Service
T1543.003

Service Execution
T1569.002

Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion

Windows Service

T1543.003

Disable or Modify System Firewall

T1562.004

pid	Process
2664	netsh.exe

Sets service image path in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\ndpugjqd\ImagePath = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\ndpugjqd\\piwiauwj.exe"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2852	svchost.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2688	piwiauwj.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2688 set thread context of 2852	2688	piwiauwj.exe	44

Launches sc.exe 3 IoCs

Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

pid	Process
2156	sc.exe
2660	sc.exe
2792	sc.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

Netsh.exe (also referred to as Netshell) is a command-line scripting utility used to interact with the network configuration of a system.

persistence privilege_escalation

Netsh Helper DLL

T1546.007

description	ioc	Process
Key queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe
Key value enumerated	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 9 IoCs

Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	sc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	sc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	netsh.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_cecdcd91d05b749a282783624a928846.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	sc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	piwiauwj.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 30 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2024 wrote to memory of 2256	2024	JaffaCakes118_cecdcd91d05b749a282783624a928846.exe	31
PID 2024 wrote to memory of 2256	2024	JaffaCakes118_cecdcd91d05b749a282783624a928846.exe	31
PID 2024 wrote to memory of 2256	2024	JaffaCakes118_cecdcd91d05b749a282783624a928846.exe	31
PID 2024 wrote to memory of 2256	2024	JaffaCakes118_cecdcd91d05b749a282783624a928846.exe	31
PID 2024 wrote to memory of 2108	2024	JaffaCakes118_cecdcd91d05b749a282783624a928846.exe	33
PID 2024 wrote to memory of 2108	2024	JaffaCakes118_cecdcd91d05b749a282783624a928846.exe	33
PID 2024 wrote to memory of 2108	2024	JaffaCakes118_cecdcd91d05b749a282783624a928846.exe	33
PID 2024 wrote to memory of 2108	2024	JaffaCakes118_cecdcd91d05b749a282783624a928846.exe	33
PID 2024 wrote to memory of 2156	2024	JaffaCakes118_cecdcd91d05b749a282783624a928846.exe	35
PID 2024 wrote to memory of 2156	2024	JaffaCakes118_cecdcd91d05b749a282783624a928846.exe	35
PID 2024 wrote to memory of 2156	2024	JaffaCakes118_cecdcd91d05b749a282783624a928846.exe	35
PID 2024 wrote to memory of 2156	2024	JaffaCakes118_cecdcd91d05b749a282783624a928846.exe	35
PID 2024 wrote to memory of 2660	2024	JaffaCakes118_cecdcd91d05b749a282783624a928846.exe	37
PID 2024 wrote to memory of 2660	2024	JaffaCakes118_cecdcd91d05b749a282783624a928846.exe	37
PID 2024 wrote to memory of 2660	2024	JaffaCakes118_cecdcd91d05b749a282783624a928846.exe	37
PID 2024 wrote to memory of 2660	2024	JaffaCakes118_cecdcd91d05b749a282783624a928846.exe	37
PID 2024 wrote to memory of 2792	2024	JaffaCakes118_cecdcd91d05b749a282783624a928846.exe	39
PID 2024 wrote to memory of 2792	2024	JaffaCakes118_cecdcd91d05b749a282783624a928846.exe	39
PID 2024 wrote to memory of 2792	2024	JaffaCakes118_cecdcd91d05b749a282783624a928846.exe	39
PID 2024 wrote to memory of 2792	2024	JaffaCakes118_cecdcd91d05b749a282783624a928846.exe	39
PID 2024 wrote to memory of 2664	2024	JaffaCakes118_cecdcd91d05b749a282783624a928846.exe	42
PID 2024 wrote to memory of 2664	2024	JaffaCakes118_cecdcd91d05b749a282783624a928846.exe	42
PID 2024 wrote to memory of 2664	2024	JaffaCakes118_cecdcd91d05b749a282783624a928846.exe	42
PID 2024 wrote to memory of 2664	2024	JaffaCakes118_cecdcd91d05b749a282783624a928846.exe	42
PID 2688 wrote to memory of 2852	2688	piwiauwj.exe	44
PID 2688 wrote to memory of 2852	2688	piwiauwj.exe	44
PID 2688 wrote to memory of 2852	2688	piwiauwj.exe	44
PID 2688 wrote to memory of 2852	2688	piwiauwj.exe	44
PID 2688 wrote to memory of 2852	2688	piwiauwj.exe	44
PID 2688 wrote to memory of 2852	2688	piwiauwj.exe	44

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_cecdcd91d05b749a282783624a928846.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_cecdcd91d05b749a282783624a928846.exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2024
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C mkdir C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ndpugjqd\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2256
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C move /Y "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\piwiauwj.exe" C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ndpugjqd\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2108
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" create ndpugjqd binPath= "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ndpugjqd\piwiauwj.exe /d\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_cecdcd91d05b749a282783624a928846.exe\"" type= own start= auto DisplayName= "wifi support"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2156
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" description ndpugjqd "wifi internet conection"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2660
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" start ndpugjqd
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2792
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\netsh.exe" advfirewall firewall add rule name="Host-process for services of Windows" dir=in action=allow program="C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe" enable=yes>nul
  2⤵
  - Modifies Windows Firewall
  - Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2664

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ndpugjqd\piwiauwj.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ndpugjqd\piwiauwj.exe /d"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_cecdcd91d05b749a282783624a928846.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2688
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
  svchost.exe
  2⤵
  - Windows security bypass
  - Sets service image path in registry
  - Deletes itself
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2852

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

System Services

T1569

Service Execution

T1569.002

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Create or Modify System Process

T1543

Windows Service

T1543.003

Event Triggered Execution

T1546

Netsh Helper DLL

T1546.007

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Create or Modify System Process

T1543

Windows Service

T1543.003

Event Triggered Execution

T1546

Netsh Helper DLL

T1546.007

Defense Evasion

Impair Defenses

T1562

Disable or Modify System Firewall

T1562.004

Disable or Modify Tools

T1562.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\piwiauwj.exe

Filesize
12.8MB

MD5
7f7e23653de4fd95e3f4262db5dee5e1

SHA1
02a62500cb6beac6870ddeaabcc291c0c069c53b

SHA256
7cffc1b0989c86e63d356888d0aabe9e0ec10898db1dbfe46869ea76729d5456

SHA512
312634d148336ea31e85bd1b769b9c2b46422a8929a1298ba86354c85ea76aadeb1a815d156e6ca5d04bc8e6d2ce5929ce0a164707cef42d978f5bc9c996a927

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memory/2024-1-0x00000000008C0000-0x00000000009C0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1024KB

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memory/2024-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2024-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000785000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.5MB

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memory/2024-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000785000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.5MB

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memory/2024-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2688-15-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000785000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.5MB

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memory/2852-14-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2852-13-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2852-12-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2852-17-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2852-18-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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